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Old May 17th 18, 08:53 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Suzuki Ichiro
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Default Suzuki Ichiro's method of setting and archiving Win 10 Start Menu

On 2018/05/17, "Mr. Man-wai Chang" wrote:

Could someone script this whole thing? I think we need a special program
under a special user account to do it1


I think this is a good idea, where there are "stages" but only in the FIRST
stage is there difference between people. But I'm no programmer. So it
won't be me (I do this stuff manually).

Even so, once you have stage 1 done, everything else should be easy.
Stage 1 = organize your apps how you like (everyone organizes differently).

I organize mine by function (i.e., what do they "do") but people have all
sorts of ideas how to organize - and that's just fine, as long as they are
organized.

So pick any hierarchy you like (it's like organizing your tool drawers,
where one drawer is screwdrivers, another is wrenches, another is pliers,
etc.). It's up to you if you want to separate the Phillips from the
Flathead screwdrivers, for example (e.g., I separate privacy browsers from
regular browsers and I separate dvd burners from dvd creators, for
example).

Organization is up to you.
(Although I posit that we all do exactly the SAME THINGS on our boxes!)
(Just like we all do the same things in our kitchens and garages.)
(And yet, we all organize differently.)

Once you have *that* organized hierarchy though, the rest is *easy* because
the rest is purely programmatic; so, let's assume you have stage 1 done,
and, for the sake of argument, let's assume this is your organization.

cd "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\menu\"
mkdir menu\archiver
mkdir menu\browser
mkdir menu\cleaner

The first thing you do is "populate" the archiver with your archivers,
which might be, for example, your 7zip.lnk, winrar.lnk, & izarc.lnk
shortcuts.

Then you populate the browser hierarchy with, for example, your
firefox.lnk, chrome.lnk, and iron.lnk shortcuts.

And you populate your cleaner hierarchy with, for example, your
ccleaner.lnk, bleachbit.lnk, and filedup.lnk shortcuts.

(Remember: The hierarch decision is the hardest part of this process - but
that's what organization is all about - you have to decide where to put the
spoons, and the forks, and the dishes, and the glasses in the kitchen too).

Once you have that hierarchy, notice that you *already* have a portable
hierarchy that works on all machines, simply because you're likely to do
the same things using the same tools on all machines (and I put things in
the same spots, which, I should note, uses the *same* hiearchy, but that's
just fineesse. You can use the default hierarchies for installed
programs.).

The rest is easy as you populate your Win10 orthodox tile menu with the
SAME hierarchy.

The hard part, of course, is HOW to do that, which I can't help with, but
if there was a way to program the orthodox tile menu, then it's easy as the
blueprint is the shortcut-hierarchy folder (which is really the MASTER
folder).

So the key question is how would someone create the orthodox tile menu from
the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\menu\ menu?

You need some kind of API into the proprietary orthodox tile menu hive,
don't you?

Mr. Paul? This sounds like a job for your Mr. Phelps!
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